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on the back foot in tackling its taliban. the clock is ticking for america's rival politicians to agree on the next move and sorting out its soaring debt congress needs to raise a current fourteen point three trillion dollar debt ceiling to avoid defaulting and president obama wants parties to ignore their differences to avert armageddon the leading credit rating agencies are already threatening to downgrade america's aaa credit score for the first time in over ten years they say there's a risk the u.s. could fail to resolve the deadlock quickly or effectively by seek mellor from business insider website says both democrats and republicans understand the danger is further borrowing dangerous for. the impact on the u.s. economy the world economy and the global economy really depends on what the credit agencies do. you know we heard from moody's on wednesday and from s. and p. growth warning severe college surprised if the government doesn't raise the debt ceiling in time including a possible downgrade from the government's aaa
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the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan and we get eggs about opinion on how the pullout of u.s. troops on the country couldn't bring security there. just imagine this piece is about four and a half billion years old not the earth. space or wrongs but is it cosmic passion or busy to profit we explore what lies behind the need to write fever that's spreading in central russia. while turning from countries causing trouble for the european union to others still have to join it so he is expecting a progress on its ear you integration is following the arrest of crime suspect goran hardage but harper made the key hurdles membership is still needed clearing out it may be extradited to the hague on saturday r.t. sara first reports south of the serbian capital belgrade. the governments very much looks to the west the public opinion actually does this quite significantly now the last time i was in belgrade at the end of last year i spoke to the deputy prime minister head i asked him why there's st
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policy he said so this is a very big coup for the taliban they will have to deal with. with his hard line for all. american human rights activists according on their country to practice what it preaches when it comes to torture washington often condemns other countries for such methods yet campaigners say controversial u.s. army academies still training offices in brutal interrogation techniques can in forward met one torture survivor who's on a mission to get it closed. it's been thirty years since colombian soldiers kidnapped oh be starved and electroshock tech there out east peace about all for having a quote subversive book. relives every day people have survived torture in colonial times very lucky to be able to tell the story most people get told to for ten days does the stand there and then they get shot and kill many had been disappear after says the colombian soldiers who tortured him and later killed his brother. and were trained right here on american soil at the school of the americas in fort benning georgia army major joints of blair was an instructor there
policy he said so this is a very big coup for the taliban they will have to deal with. with his hard line for all. american human rights activists according on their country to practice what it preaches when it comes to torture washington often condemns other countries for such methods yet campaigners say controversial u.s. army academies still training offices in brutal interrogation techniques can in forward met one torture survivor who's on a mission to get it closed. it's been thirty years...
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on the back food tackling the taliban. the clock's ticking for america's rival politicians to agree on the next move in sorting out its soaring debt congress needs to raise the current fourteen point three trillion dollar debt ceiling to avoid the folding and president obama wants parties to ignore their differences to avert armageddon but leading credit rating agencies are already threatening to downgrade america's aaa credit score for the first time in over ten years they say there is a risk the u.s. could fail to resolve the deadlock quickly or effect that way alice maxwells believes america's debt addiction means there won't be a quick cure. america's been running on debt for years this is a disaster in the making and i would liken the situation here to a cancerous tumor inside a body there's no better time to cut the cancerous tumor out quickly as you possibly can that said the u.s. government has been running on debt for many many years and we've been raising the budget the total debt ceiling for many many years as a
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policies rather than afghan policy he said so this is a very big coup for the taliban they will have to deal with. with his hard line for a while. and the struggle for land rights in israel there is one place that's still a no go area fifty years ago it was a thriving palestinian community but it was driven out and now israel's eyeing it up as a luxury getaway artie's policy or has the story. this old in the mountains of jerusalem of the remains of a once bustling out community only the memories of those who once lived here have survived intact i feel it's heavy to come back and to be. my privilege. to see the hobson's this rain also due to. my pride that. your coup de graff among the cacti and fit trees but in one nine hundred forty eight just before the state of israel was declared his family evacuated unlike the hundreds of arab villages that disappeared in forty eight and sixty seven most of the original houses of lifter are still here so they move ahead of two thousand. he shouted mama. they will shoot do they do with the whole the whole deal with the whole deal they were to do
policies rather than afghan policy he said so this is a very big coup for the taliban they will have to deal with. with his hard line for a while. and the struggle for land rights in israel there is one place that's still a no go area fifty years ago it was a thriving palestinian community but it was driven out and now israel's eyeing it up as a luxury getaway artie's policy or has the story. this old in the mountains of jerusalem of the remains of a once bustling out community only the...
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on the back food tackling the taliban. libya's rebels have become the legitimate power holders in the country in the eyes of more nations after the u.s. and more than thirty other countries recognize them on friday at a diplomatic meeting in a stamboul the alliance of western and arab nations working on the crisis announced it would deal with the opposition until an enter a must already is in place the recognition by the contact group also gives the rebels access to billions of dollars of gadhafi is frozen assets in u.s. banks but political commentator ted rall says the money and status won't change the situation on the ground. that this is really a radical shift from an international standpoint the united states usually doesn't extend diplomatic recognition to it a regime that is not in the counting all that isn't an hour and doesn't even seem likely to be able to achieve power any time soon but you can look at the situation in afghanistan during the one nine hundred ninety six to two thousand and one civil conflict there
on the back food tackling the taliban. libya's rebels have become the legitimate power holders in the country in the eyes of more nations after the u.s. and more than thirty other countries recognize them on friday at a diplomatic meeting in a stamboul the alliance of western and arab nations working on the crisis announced it would deal with the opposition until an enter a must already is in place the recognition by the contact group also gives the rebels access to billions of dollars of...
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the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're going to basically be fighting it's afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan government the taliban will begin to reconcile itself with the population and become more congenial simply because it has to give it wants to be taken seriously by the population generally speaking the afghans are better off with governing themselves without the united states or the coalition forces providing security for them because as we've seen we have unintentionally killed a lot of people and i think that we would be foolish to sit here and think that the u.s. is leaving we're not leaving there will be permanent u.s. involvement in nato invol
the taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're going to basically be fighting it's afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan...
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the taliban has described the assassination of the afghan president's half brother as one of its biggest achievements in a decade ahead of kandahar's provincial council was gunned down by one of his bodyguards on tuesday and you know to start valentine who's written extensively on the afghan war says the death is a blow to the u.s. led military effort. he was a power broker provided a lot of stability here the harp which of course is one of the key provinces. a place where your nose grow to where a lot of people the. absence will not affect the drug trafficking there is plenty of other people who are going to step in and. his role as a conduit. so he was actually very political you were. the you were also the c.e.o. you're somebody who could. represent your interests here in negotiation with the taliban he was considered a very very tough negotiator for the united states he was someone who represented you were hot. and you said so this is a very big coup for the child they will up help them deal with. with his hardline for all. american human rights activists are calling on their country
the taliban has described the assassination of the afghan president's half brother as one of its biggest achievements in a decade ahead of kandahar's provincial council was gunned down by one of his bodyguards on tuesday and you know to start valentine who's written extensively on the afghan war says the death is a blow to the u.s. led military effort. he was a power broker provided a lot of stability here the harp which of course is one of the key provinces. a place where your nose grow to...
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the former regime that had power in kabul and the diplomatic relations with the west even though the taliban controlled ninety five percent of the country it's almost just wishful thinking and frankly if i were a diplomat i would find it disturbing it's a bizarre situation if the u.s. knows who these people are they're not seeing and certainly there's no doubt that traditionally there's always been a very high component of jihad. around benghazi so it's realistic to assume that that is not still because the u.s. has an amazing how it should be a skewed school of hundred dollar bills to third world countries and expecting them to end up in the right hands. really. the high level recognition of the rebels may bolster their spirit but it's a different story in combat fierce fighting for a keystone oil town as and with heavy casualties among the opposition as daniel bushell reports it's thought france is now trying the talking tactic with the libyan regime after failing to deliver a knockout blow to gadhafi. books is like bragging will destroy the reporter lives there off the wrong and gets a mi
the former regime that had power in kabul and the diplomatic relations with the west even though the taliban controlled ninety five percent of the country it's almost just wishful thinking and frankly if i were a diplomat i would find it disturbing it's a bizarre situation if the u.s. knows who these people are they're not seeing and certainly there's no doubt that traditionally there's always been a very high component of jihad. around benghazi so it's realistic to assume that that is not...
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higher wages and extra perks the soldiers insist they are all united in their desire to be back the taliban led insurgency regardless of age or ethnicity then any on what we are old brothers and we are all called by one name was by the call of duty has also struck a chord beyond able bodied males a first ever class of women soldiers has just graduated. and there's even a mujahideen unit made up of hardened veterans of the anti soviet you hide this is all good news to u.s. military planners who have set a two thousand and fourteen going to hand over security responsibilities to the afghans the afghan army enjoys a much better reputation in the police force and has even been featured in a recent movie. but is the army takes greater responsibility for security around the country there are concerns that the quality of troops may be coming at the expense of quality for starters more than eighty percent of troops are illiterate a big problem an ability to read maps and numbers can spell the difference between life and death adding to the woes are widespread drug use and desertions today roughly o
higher wages and extra perks the soldiers insist they are all united in their desire to be back the taliban led insurgency regardless of age or ethnicity then any on what we are old brothers and we are all called by one name was by the call of duty has also struck a chord beyond able bodied males a first ever class of women soldiers has just graduated. and there's even a mujahideen unit made up of hardened veterans of the anti soviet you hide this is all good news to u.s. military planners who...
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years against other militant groups which are armed and are alleged to have links to al qaeda and the taliban in afghanistan. the security forces claim success. alongside these operations have been many arrests of people on the flimsiest of grounds. so, the people of this traditional muslim country could be pushed into the arms of radical groups by the government's own heavy-handed tactics. and by the continuing policy of corruption with lights their lives. -- blights their lives. >> it was billed as an automobile -- as an awesome deal. facebook is launching a video chat service which will be provided by skype. for more on what this means for the industry, i spoke earlier from san francisco with the editor at large with c-net. what does this mean that you will be able to do on facebook that you could not do before? >> pretty simply it means that if you looking at a vista of your friends on facebook, there is now a simple click to have a video chat with them using the skype software that you used to have to leave facebook to use. now, you can do a skype video chat or call without leaving faceb
years against other militant groups which are armed and are alleged to have links to al qaeda and the taliban in afghanistan. the security forces claim success. alongside these operations have been many arrests of people on the flimsiest of grounds. so, the people of this traditional muslim country could be pushed into the arms of radical groups by the government's own heavy-handed tactics. and by the continuing policy of corruption with lights their lives. -- blights their lives. >> it...
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the taliban it has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan so by us leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're basically fighting it's afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to really fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part but i think that generally speaking the afghans are better off with governing themselves without the united states or the coalition forces providing security for them because as we've seen we have unintentionally killed a lot of people so if afghans are killing afghans doubts that's better off the united states or nato killing afghans and i think we would be foolish to sit here and think that the u.s. is leaving we're not leaving there will be permanent u.s. involvement nato involvement for a long time. well a brief look now at some other international headlines the u.s. has announced it will send one of ten a common hit somalia
the taliban it has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in the southern afghanistan so by us leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're basically fighting it's afghans you're going to see an afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to really fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part but i think that generally speaking the afghans are better off with governing...
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petraeus claimed last year that his raids have been a spectacular success but over thirteen hundred taliban have been captured well he failed to mention the more than ninety percent of those captured been released within days and found to be nothing more than innocent civilians or think back to when general john allen who's just taken over the war in afghanistan from the trace sect of members of congress the violence in the country is up five percent lower so far this year than last the u.n. report shredded that statement when they found the violence is in fact fifty one percent since this time last year so it's become a pattern and all too familiar story of lies peddled by minute military and administration officials that neither members of congress nor the mainstream media question and it's allowing our war in the world to keep on growing so joining me to discuss that is going greenwald salon dot com glenn thanks so much for joining us tonight now like i said this is not the first time that we've seen something like this happen but let's talk about this specific report that basically shre
petraeus claimed last year that his raids have been a spectacular success but over thirteen hundred taliban have been captured well he failed to mention the more than ninety percent of those captured been released within days and found to be nothing more than innocent civilians or think back to when general john allen who's just taken over the war in afghanistan from the trace sect of members of congress the violence in the country is up five percent lower so far this year than last the u.n....
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years against other militant groups which are armed and are alleged to have links to al qaeda and the taliban in afghanistan. the security forces claim success. alongside these operations have been many arrests of people on the flimsiest of grounds. so, the people of this traditional muslim country could be pushed into the arms of radical groups by the government's own heavy-handed tactics. and by the continuing policy of corruption with lights their lives. -- blights their lives. >> it was billed as an automobile -- as an awesome deal. facebook is launching a video chat service which will be provided by skype. for more on what this means for the industry, i spoke earlier from san francisco with the editor at large with c-net. what does this mean that you will be able to do on facebook that you could not do before? >> pretty simply it means that if you looking at a vista of your friends on facebook, there is now a simple click to have a video chat with them using the skype software that you used to have to leave facebook to use. now, you can do a skype video chat or call without leaving faceb
years against other militant groups which are armed and are alleged to have links to al qaeda and the taliban in afghanistan. the security forces claim success. alongside these operations have been many arrests of people on the flimsiest of grounds. so, the people of this traditional muslim country could be pushed into the arms of radical groups by the government's own heavy-handed tactics. and by the continuing policy of corruption with lights their lives. -- blights their lives. >> it...
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on intact like the taliban. the clock is ticking for america's rival politicians to agree on the next move in sorting out its soaring dat congress needs to raise the current fourteen point three trillion dollars debt ceiling to avoid defaulting and president obama wants parties to nor they are differences to. avert armageddon the leading credit rating agencies are already threatening to downgrade america's triple a credit score for the first time in over ten years they say there is a risk the u.s. could fail to resolve the deadlock quickly or effectively economists dr roger of on hand more says american politicians can't comprehend solutions to the deficit. there's a personality conflict between the majority leader and the president which is quite unique and this has been taken into the public eye when you have discussion once that happens and trust is lost between leaders it's far more difficult to secure an agreement behind the scenes if you cut spending you're going to also impede economic growth because the
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i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate they killed the person who had all the information we do know that there's a power vacuum throughout all of southern afghanistan he who holds kandahar holds that country because in the one nine hundred eighty s. when i worked as a newspaper reporter in afghanistan there were negotiations between the mujahideen the united states the soviet union pakistan pakistan does not want to watch from the sidelines when pakistan says that there should be direct negotiations between the united states and the taliban what it is also saying is that pakistan wants to be at the table also because don't forget most of your viewers know this the leadership of the taliban is not enough gana stand like al-qaeda it is in pakistan it cannot operate there independently it has to have institutional backing and a struggle for a land rights in israel there is one place that still are now go area fifty years ago it was a thriving palestinian community but they were dr
i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate they killed the person who had all the information we do know that there's a power vacuum throughout all of southern afghanistan he who holds kandahar holds that country because in the one nine hundred eighty s. when i worked as a newspaper reporter in afghanistan there were negotiations between the mujahideen the united states the soviet union...
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they are alleged to have links to al qaeda and the taliban in neighboring afghanistan. security forces claim success. but alongside these operations have been many arrests of people on the flimsiest of grounds. so the people of this traditional muslim country could be pushed into the arms of radical groups by the government's own heavy-handed tactics, and the continued poverty and corruption that blights their lives. bbc news. >> it was billed as an awesome deal. two of the online world biggest names announced they were teaming up a. facebook is announcing a chat service that will be provided by skype, which is being bought by microsoft. for more, i am joined from san francisco by the editor at large of cnet. remember you are speaking to a technical neophyte. what does this mean you will be able to do that you could not before? >> if you are looking at a list of your friends on facebook, which is the court to what facebook is all about, there is a simple click to have a video chat with them, a video call, using the skype software you use to have to leave facebook to use
they are alleged to have links to al qaeda and the taliban in neighboring afghanistan. security forces claim success. but alongside these operations have been many arrests of people on the flimsiest of grounds. so the people of this traditional muslim country could be pushed into the arms of radical groups by the government's own heavy-handed tactics, and the continued poverty and corruption that blights their lives. bbc news. >> it was billed as an awesome deal. two of the online world...
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that is certainly seen as a victory by the taliban. >> you know the discussions the taliban are having. what is the best way to join more of them to join the political process within the timeframe that nato forces will remain? how do we pull more of them into the political process? >> i think their are two ways. one is to defeat them on the battlefield. in areas where nato and afghan forces are fighting them, including local forces, did defeat them on the battlefield. we have seen them willing to -- to defeat them on the battlefield. we have seen them willing to reintegrate in those areas. secondly, more broadly, put more pressure on pakistan, the biggest outside government supporter of the taliban. if they were to suddenly decide they wanted to cut a deal, that would put pressure on the taliban. unfortunately, we are not seeing across-the-board big three in all locations, nor we seeing pakistan put pressure on them -- a cross-led dashboard victory -- across-the-board- victory in all locations, nor are we seeing pakistan put pressure on them. we're seeing the taliban lose ground in the
that is certainly seen as a victory by the taliban. >> you know the discussions the taliban are having. what is the best way to join more of them to join the political process within the timeframe that nato forces will remain? how do we pull more of them into the political process? >> i think their are two ways. one is to defeat them on the battlefield. in areas where nato and afghan forces are fighting them, including local forces, did defeat them on the battlefield. we have seen...
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taliban has grown as a result of continued u.s. presence in southern afghanistan to get expert opinion on how the pullout of u.s. troops from the country could improve security there. just imagine this piece is about four and a half billion years old like the air. space rocks but it's cosmic passion or is it the pursuit of profit well we explore the lies behind the meteorite fever that spreading in central russia. service expecting progress on its bid to join the rest of war crimes suspect go and how they should have been a key hurdle in the road of membership that still need clearing had to be extradited to the hague on saturday. paul snow from the serbian capital belgrade. it was the government's very much to the west the public opinion actually does differ quite significantly now the last time i was in belgrade at the end of last year i spoke to the deputy prime minister here and i asked him why there's still such a government drive to this membership and he said that they really see this as a chance for serbian people to have q
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have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate their force someone would have had a different reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information. that was our journalist jerry van dyke that committing all the killing of the afghan president's half brother. several of moscow streets are impassable right now but not because of the notorious traffic jams they've been sealed off to temporarily become the realm of the fast and the furious the annual moscow city racing show is that full throttle in a four wheel frenzy that seeing drivers pushing the pedal to the metal and outdoing each other tv's top gear team were there to kick it all off rather push it all off to look at this person as unlucky ness on plunging seventy eight meters at the end of a bungee and t
have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate their force someone would have had a different reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information. that was our...
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well the taliban certainly is. to itself and certainly has killed a lot of afghans also done a lot of harm but remember the taliban is somewhere around fifteen to eighteen thousand strong in southern and eastern afghanistan so not a major part of the population but it's more of the mindset of trying to control things so basically as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan government the taliban will begin to reconcile itself with the population and become more congenial simply because it has to if it wants to be taken seriously by the population we've seen this across the world it is a reign corporation study shows. violent groups are brought to peace significantly as they're brought into the peace process so it's not uncommon and it's confusing but it's it will happen ok well there are a lot of ifs and there are a lot of contingencies in the meantime you know we don't know exactly how it's going to play out and you have an afghan army that is less equipped than u.s. forces they have a fracti
well the taliban certainly is. to itself and certainly has killed a lot of afghans also done a lot of harm but remember the taliban is somewhere around fifteen to eighteen thousand strong in southern and eastern afghanistan so not a major part of the population but it's more of the mindset of trying to control things so basically as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan government the taliban will begin to reconcile itself with the population and become more congenial...
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the taliban's the biggest achievement in ten years that's what the group called the assassination of the heart brother of the afghan president. karzai headed the kandahar province a volatile region on the border with pakistan kerry vandyke who back in two thousand and eight was held by the taliban for forty five days says the killing it leaves washington with no one to rely upon when it comes to securing the region. well the karzai it was not just the governor or the shadow governor of kandahar he was the most powerful and the most popular person throughout all of southern afghanistan this shows that right now with the canadian troops pulling out and with the u.s. trying to now focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon you know what the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together wit
the taliban's the biggest achievement in ten years that's what the group called the assassination of the heart brother of the afghan president. karzai headed the kandahar province a volatile region on the border with pakistan kerry vandyke who back in two thousand and eight was held by the taliban for forty five days says the killing it leaves washington with no one to rely upon when it comes to securing the region. well the karzai it was not just the governor or the shadow governor of kandahar...
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, al qaeda and taliban, is to lie low, let time pass, and then rise again. so declaring... giving a timeline, i have always been saying that it ought to be effected, what effects do we want to create? you can't have it time related because then you'll be in the hands of the enemy, i would say. and if you leave in 2014 without stabilizing afghanistan, what will happen then? we need to visualize. >> well, the problem is... the difficulty i think for america is afghanistan hasn't been stable since, i guess, hannibal. (laughter) so the idea that we could stay there... (laughter). they don't appear to want to be stabilized so i mean... i guess the problem is can we really do that? can we do that for a country and is pakistan going to give them the room that they would need to do that or would they perhaps try and have some influence with the taliban adds well? >> well, first of all, i think afghanistan was stable since centuries. >> jon: well, obviously i was being humerus. (laughter) ... humorous. >> they had an agreement. the ethnic groups decided to stay toget
, al qaeda and taliban, is to lie low, let time pass, and then rise again. so declaring... giving a timeline, i have always been saying that it ought to be effected, what effects do we want to create? you can't have it time related because then you'll be in the hands of the enemy, i would say. and if you leave in 2014 without stabilizing afghanistan, what will happen then? we need to visualize. >> well, the problem is... the difficulty i think for america is afghanistan hasn't been stable...
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it was only when nato was involved that the taliban attack was ended. there will still be a presence, but nothing like the number of troops we have seen in the past 10 years in afghanistan. >> germany's constitutional court is considering a challenge on whether the country oppose the c-- whether the country's contribution to bailouts is appropriate. there's concern that it could be against the german constitution. we spoke about whether the case had a chance of success. >> it's not an open and shut case either way. everybody says that it could go either way. another thing is the german constitution was written with memories of war and hyperinflation, very strict rules written into it about parliament having a strong set a on spending. the argument now is that the bailout was negotiated by the government with brussels and the imf and the european central bank. so parliament was sidelined. that is the argument made by quite a few people. a professor will appear in court. he is a law professor in berlin. he said the following -- >> there is an indispensabl
it was only when nato was involved that the taliban attack was ended. there will still be a presence, but nothing like the number of troops we have seen in the past 10 years in afghanistan. >> germany's constitutional court is considering a challenge on whether the country oppose the c-- whether the country's contribution to bailouts is appropriate. there's concern that it could be against the german constitution. we spoke about whether the case had a chance of success. >> it's not...
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left sixteen militants dead in the south of the country the operation comes in response to renewed taliban activity asked foreign combat troops began their withdrawal from afghanistan nato as new military commander in the country general john allen warns of tough times ahead for more after the afghan president's half brother who ran the south of the country was recently gunned down by insurgents one of comic cars ice top advisors has also been assassinated anti-war activist brian becker thinks the u.s. led coalition is losing its grip on afghanistan. they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the telegram but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the us and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to get afghan face to the nato occup
left sixteen militants dead in the south of the country the operation comes in response to renewed taliban activity asked foreign combat troops began their withdrawal from afghanistan nato as new military commander in the country general john allen warns of tough times ahead for more after the afghan president's half brother who ran the south of the country was recently gunned down by insurgents one of comic cars ice top advisors has also been assassinated anti-war activist brian becker thinks...
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have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle. i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information. that was journalist gerry van dyke commenting on the killing of the afghan president's half brother. new nato airstrikes have hit the suburbs of the libyan capital tripoli as colonel qadhafi valve's he'll never leave his country this comes after his opponents have been recognized as the legitimate governing authority by over thirty nations led by the u.s. they said they would deal with of the rebel transitional national council until an interim government is in place the measures that give the insurgents access to gadhafi the assets including billions of dollars which have been frozen in american banks but as a po
have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle. i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information. that was...
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ahmed wali karzai was often accused of lengths was the taliban in afghanistan's illegal drugs straight ahead of russia's federal drug control service victorian office as a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country are helping watch his full interview in just over an hour here in r.t. but here's a quick preview. this september will be the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer than world war two the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved and it's become even worse and even senior officials like general petraeus for example the military operation in afghanistan says that the number of clashes there increases year after year in fact the number of clashes over the past ten years has increased more than a hundred times the assigned tasks been achieved because we see that the security in afghanistan only got worse it said that drug production cannot be fought because it damages the security situation so it's a kind of closed circle. the scandal surrounding rupert murdoch's media empire has gone international after u.s. senators called for their own prob
ahmed wali karzai was often accused of lengths was the taliban in afghanistan's illegal drugs straight ahead of russia's federal drug control service victorian office as a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country are helping watch his full interview in just over an hour here in r.t. but here's a quick preview. this september will be the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer than world war two the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved and it's become...
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staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the taliban but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the u.s. and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to give afghan face to the nato occupation that itself is now crumbling he's armed attacks these assassination attempts are designed to create panic and i think in all likelihood they are creating panic within a very hard to foundation of the karzai government the u.s. is losing grown steadily its spending one hundred twenty billion dollars a year that's an increasing amount from the treasury that's already drained based on huge budget deficits here the number of casualties on the afghan and american side is is increasing decreasing and yet they're no closer to victory in fact they're losing control of
staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the taliban but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the u.s. and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to...
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have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard in others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information. and i was generous jere van dyke commenting on the killing of the afghan president's half brother. and he ran out of nato airstrikes rattled the suburbs of the libyan capital tripoli as colonel gadhafi fell never to leave his country in the face of assaults by the alliance and the rebels this comes after the opposition became the legitimate authority in the country in the eyes of more nations the u.s. and more than thirty other states recognize them at a diplomatic meeting on friday saying they would deal with them until an interim government is in place recognition by contact group on libya also gives the rebels ac
have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard in others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information. and i was generous...